My Wife and Kids2001 | TV Show

A kind of `Cosby' or `Father Knows Best' for the times, about a trucking-company executive, his wife and their three kids in suburban Connecticut. A steady performer for ABC, `Wife' ranges from issue-oriented to slapstick. It's very much the vision of star (more…)A kind of `Cosby' or `Father Knows Best' for the times, about a trucking-company executive, his wife and their three kids in suburban Connecticut. A steady performer for ABC, `Wife' ranges from issue-oriented to slapstick. It's very much the vision of star Damon Wayans (also a coexecutive producer), who based it in part on his own life, and frequently uses family members as actors, directors and screenwriters.

Season 3, Episode 7 Crouching Mother, Hidden Father

First Aired: October 30, 2002

Tennis star Serena Williams guests as a teacher in an episode in which Jay volunteers to direct Kady's kindergarten-class play (“Romeo and Juliet”), and volunteers Michael to help her. But Jay, who has a very competitive side, doesn't want anyone to stand in the way of her “vision.” And she treats her charges as though they were army recruits and she was a drill sergeant. Devon: Philip Daniel Bolden. Rachel: Liliana Mumy. Kady: Parker McKenna Posey.